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Alan Walter

[...]
Alan Walter, a Scientologist for 20 years and a mission holder
in the Middle West, contends that "Hubbard was a genius in many
ways. He was set up by these kids. They were doing insane things.
It was a reign of terror." Larry Wollersheim, who considered
himself "a cult salesman," says that he was trained to locate
the assets of church members and then help them devise explanations
to relatives for why they needed so much money. "I was constantly
hammered to coerce people to get loans," he claims. [...]

It is impossible to know from the letter whether one specific
incident finally prompted the man [John McMaster] to take a
more careful look at what he had been living for so many years.
He cites but two; the alleged kidnapping and dungeoning of an
extremely successful Scientologist named Alan Walter, [...]

What McMaster treats with such delicate circumspection is the
wild rumor extant in Scientology circles at Walter had been
called to a meeting with Hubbard when one of the ships was anchored
off Cadiz. He had flown over, had been piped aboard with pomp
and ceremony, and had then been seized, shackled, and thrown
below decks where, the tale continues, he lingers even yet.